In the United States, Samsung’s smartphones and tablets officially amount to a blatant and even willful ripoff of Apple’s iPhone and iPad. In other parts of the world, meanwhile, Apple’s patent infringement claims are being ruled bunk.

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In South Korea, a court ruling issued on the very same day as the blockbuster U.S. verdict found that Samsung did not copy the iPhone’s look and feel. The South Korean court did find one infringement on Samsung’s part, but it also found that Apple illegally copied wireless technology that Samsung had patented. Both companies had various products banned from the country’s shelves.

The only thing the rulings prove for certain is that patent trials are inherently subjective. What one judge, jury, or legal system considers blatant infringement might count as a legitimately different technology in the eyes of another beholder.